Hello there, I am learning php (as a beginner, but not beginner programmer) and I am having difficulty accessing form vairables.
I have an html page with the code:
<input type="text" name="orderNumber" size="10" maxlength="5">
and it's action is to submit to processOrder.php which WILL NOT output when I write:
<?php echo $HTTP_POST_VARS['orderNumber']; ?>
(cannot see the prderNumber variable)
why is that? I tried other scripting styles and it doesn't work, under that I have the line:
<?php echo date('H:i, jS F'); ?>
which does work so I can see the php is working.
What can be the problem?? thank you!
Dany

: Hello there, I am learning php (as a beginner, but not beginner programmer) and I am having difficulty accessing form vairables.
: I have an html page with the code:
: <input type="text" name="orderNumber" size="10" maxlength="5">
: and it's action is to submit to processOrder.php which WILL NOT output when I write:
: <?php echo $HTTP_POST_VARS['orderNumber']; ?>
: (cannot see the prderNumber variable)
: why is that? I tried other scripting styles and it doesn't work, under that I have the line:
: <?php echo date('H:i, jS F'); ?>
: which does work so I can see the php is working.
: What can be the problem?? thank you!
: Dany
:
the <form>-tag should look like this:
<form action="processOrder.php" method="POST">

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